not going to fly. we're not going to bomb. and they are not, you know, in -- in every community on the ground to be the ones to initiate an action so if the houthi will live by this there is a chance to move forward. and we hope that they will take every advantage to pass the word down the ranks. it is possible in one place or another that somebody misses the word and something doesn't happen and something -- but the saudis have indicated, you know, they are going to not break this up over some mistake or some minor thing. they are going to try to, you know, keep this alive, but not for some bold significant, clear effort to attack people move people reposition equipment and so forth. rules are pretty clear. and we hope people will understand that.

the -- and we encourage the countries who have the greatest influence with them. and we will be in touch with those countries in order to try to encourage them to take advantage of this moment. with respect to whether they will accept however or not, obviously, we -- we hope they will. we have had some indications that -- that might take place, but no certainty. and the diplomacy will now take place to try to increase that possibility. with respect to saudi arabia's visit -- the visit that was made by the french president to saudi arabia, that's normal course of business. terrific. we have no issue whatsoever with it. we received a full debrief. we appreciate the relationship

of saudi arabia with many countries. and i met this morning with foreign minister we had a good discussion, i met briefly with the president. we're all on the same page and france and the united states agree completely as we do with the rest of the p5-plus-1 about what we need to achieve in the agreement with iran and what the standards are that need to apply it to. we all agree it needs to be reboast, clear, and defined, and that's what we're working towards. so we think that the visit enhances the relationship between all of us and saudi arabia, and that's important, and we welcome it. with respect to the bill in congress let me just say that we have been very very clear that the bill that was passed out by the foreign relations committee, was really the kind of reasonable and acceptable

compromise that the president was prepared to support, and that's why he did support it because it was changed from the original, and we're pleased to see that it's overwhelmingly passed the senate. staying true to the bipartisan compromise. and we're very hopeful that the house is going to similarly protect this in the same way that the senate did, and give congress the opportunity that we think, and i as a 28-year veteran of congress, belief we ought to have to be able to review this deal in a responsible way. i was also very pleased to see 151 members of the house of venntives signed a letter supporting the president's efforts to achieve this deal to achieve a good deal and they supported the idea the president ought to be able to continue to negotiate without interference on the terms of that negotiation

by the congress. so all in all, i think it was a very constructive and we welcome where we are. now the necessity is to get down to the nitty-gritty of the tough part of the negotiations to get the detailed pinned down. >> if i may, with regards to yemen. i want to make clear that no country in the world has given more economic assistance to yemen than the kingdom of saudi arabia. no country will give more going forward in the future than saudi arabia. we want what is best for yemen. we want yemen to overcome the difficult period it is going through. it was saudi arabia and the gcc countries that came up with gcc initiative which set the stage for the transition in yemen. it was ironically the gcc

initiatives that brought the houthis into the political process to which they were excluded. the transition was negatively affected by former president saleh, and the houthis. and they tried to take over the country by force, which we will not allow. they had a militia that operated outside of the government, which we will not allow. the last thing we need is a militia in control of missiles that is loyal to iran and hezbollah. you cannot have a normal country where one group has arms. so our advice to the houthis is you are part of yemen. you have a role to play in yemen. you have a right to be in the yemeni government like every other yemeni group, but you cannot have a privileged position where you have veto power over the country or where

you take over a country. it was a last resort. had we not done this yemen would have fallen. we responded to protect the yemeni people and to protect the legitimate government of yemen. the intention was not aggression against the houthi. it was to stop the houthis of committing aggression against yemen and its people. i hope the houthis will accept the terms of the ceasefire, that they will stop their aggression against the yemeni people and against yemen, and that they will allow relief to flow into yemen, so we can help the yemeni people, and i hope they will be able to participate in the political process so we can resolve yemen's problems peacefully around the negotiating table rather than on the battlefield.

>> mr. secretary you said yesterday, and just repeated it now. that the united states is concerned deeply about iran's action in the region. yesterday you said there are some steps to provide greater security and stability in the region. what are these steps? and a question for the foreign minister [ speaking foreign ] >> translator: >> -- what are the guarantees regarding the concept of a final

signature regarding the iranian nuclear program? regarding the defense system we have discussed this with the u.s. -- [ inaudible ] and the u.s. years ago. the gcc countries are now improving their missile capabilities to defend themselves, and we work with the u.s. to have put all of in into one mechanism to protect the area. this is not a new thing. guarantees are there. the will is there. the u.s. has the will the gcc has the will and we are all on the same page. we have guaranteed for more than six or seven or eight

decades. we have seen during the ages when the soviet union invaded afghanistan, the u.s. cooperated with saudi arabia in this regard and hussein forces invaded kuwait in 1990, the u.s. and saudi arabia worked together to form a coalition of more than 30 countries to protect the legitimacy in kuwait and the area. now the u.s. and the saudi arabia kingdom [ inaudible ] are working to depend the region and we expect during the next period to boost these efforts in a very clear way in order to boost the joint works, and the

joint efforts in all fields and all domains. maritime the security and the anti-ballistic missile protection military weapons, all of these demands are there, and this is quite normal and considered a development of topics we have been working on now, and it's normal to develop these things between friends countries and allies. >> so today and yesterday i referenced concerns about one particular country, but i think that you know everybody knows that no security arrangement or agreement among a group of

countries, particularly in that region is confined to one concern. we have a brood array of concerns, which we will be expressing in the context of camp david which relate to destabilizing efforts by anybody in the region which relate to terrorist organizations that are spreading in the region. you have obviously al-shabab, you have boko haram, you have daesh in libya, you have al-nusra, and al-qaeda and isil and others all -- i mean those are the concerns. the destabilization of the region by a number of different entities, and obviously we all know that iran has supported hezbollah and has supported houthi and other efforts.

but this is not one country specific. this is a brood understanding. the countries that want to have stability and peace and play by the rules and give up to international law and not have u.n. sanctions against them, and begin to lift the standards, that's what we're seeking, and our belief is that the challenges we're facing in terms of these predator entities that come into challenged governing spaces or no governing spaces as we learned in afghanistan, the absence of ungoverned spaces filled often by the worst -- the worst actors and we saw the results in 2001 and we have seen them at other times. so we are banding together to expand our capacity to deal with the future.

and that is not limited only to -- it's not a military arrangement, the last choice for everybody ought to be military. it's how do you prevent these things from happening? how do you stop the activities how do you eliminate the actives in your country that aren't an overt attack, but rather are an insidious kind of eating away at the innards of the country through various nefarious activities that take place. so we have to guard against the breadth of that kind of activity in various ways. and we're going to explore that very, very thoroughly in the context of this arrangement. but the other parts of it are making sure that a lot of young people have jobs making sure

that there's opportunity for the future, making sure that people are included in global ar ar -- ar -- ar ar -- aspirations, and that will come together by listening to the differences in culture, the differences in history, the time frames and so forth. and there's no stereo type. there's no cookie cutter stamp that can be put on any one of these countries in anyway and the more we sit together and talk about these challenges the more we have become aware of the subtleties that have to be taken into account as you try to find a common way forward. that's what we're doing, and that's what i think makes this particularly healthy as a discussion, as an enterprise and we look forward to trying to see our leaders come out of camp

david with a common understanding of that way forward. >> great. thank you all very much. >> thank you all. >> thank you. >> well as we see the saudi foreign minister, and the u.s. secretary of state shaking hands at the end of what has been a fascinating and quite lengthy meeting in front of the press in paris, we're going to go to our correspondent mohamed vall live for us in the saudi capitol. let's run through one or two things there. a ceasefire, a date and a time but conditions too. so run us through that if you can, mohammed. >> reporter: exactly the two ministers have reiterated that this is a ceasefire, but now the timing of it has been decided. it is on tuesday may 12th at 11:00 pm but they left there between the lines an

understanding that if the houthis will not comply and if they continue their activities this ceasefire doesn't mean anything. it is a ceasefire. they have decided on it but the houthis have to comply to it. and these two days from here to tuesday are given in order to allow the houthis to spread these message to their rank and file troops and explain to them that they really have to not move any troops not move any heavy equipment, and not to open fire at the beginning -- from the beginning of the ceasefire until the end of those five days, and they say if it holds, and if they comply this is going to allow the distribution of humanitarian aid and probably allow for renewing of those five days. however, the two men also spoke about a wide range of issues. john kerry used the word a big

agenda there between the united states and its arab gulf allies to be discussed there in the united states in the next few days when they meet with president barack obama, including security -- guarantees of security commits there. hu commitments they talked about as the foreign minister gave a few explanations there, saying that the two countries are on the same page with regard to the long-discussed missile defense system that the united states have been trying to convince the saudis and the gulf countries to accept to have on their territory. now it seems that that defense system is going to -- to happen because the two men are on the same page and they have big concerns towards iran big concerns towards any groups that john kerry described, predator groups that are trying to destabilize the region. >> let us talk about what john kerry said. you alluded to it there, they were going to give the houthis

some time to get the message -- message -- -- so john kerry said he is going to talk to iran and ask iran to tell the houthis to stop all of this. >> that's -- that's right. he -- he said that. it's clear that it is not the saudis who are going to speak to iran, it is the americans, because now there is dialogue between the two countries. kerry said we will talk to all countries that may have influence over the houthis in order to put pressure on the houthis, and convince them to comply to this truce, to give a

chance for peace and humanitarian relief to be distributed in yemen. iran and the united states are having this long discussion these long talks over the nuclear file but also john kerry made it clear -- he made this reference many times to concerns over one particular country in the region that is helping some organizations like hezbollah, organizations like the houthis, and the united states would like through that statement to reiterate its support for the gulf countries, and to apiece their fears of an american iranian [ inaudible ] that would be detrimental to the relationship with the gulf countries. even striking a nuclear deal with iran doesn't mean to lesson in anyway its security commitments with its allies in the region. >> as i'm talking to you, i'm

looking at another screen here mohammed we're waiting for another translation out of another part of riyadh where the spokesman for the coalition is giving a briefing and i should point out. and please i want you to comment on this until we get our translation sorted out. this is what now, about 50 minutes into a deadline that passed -- sorry -- 50 minutes ago for people to get out of the province in yemen because anyone remaining would be a legitimate target. >> yes, saudi arabia 24 hours of the announcement of the trust of the -- of the intention to -- the truce in yemen has conducted air raids today in the north of yemen particularly on the strong holds of sa'dah and

the coalition have dropped leaf lets warning particularly the civilians to get away from the area of sa'dah particularly because they consider it a primary target in this war now that the houthis have not responded to the truce offer. in a way, the saudis are, you know playing the carrot and the stick at the same time. they want to hell the houthis if they want peace the offer is on the table, and if they don't, there will be a war escalation. >> okay. let's dip in to what the brigadier general is saying out of the saudi capitol. >> translator: the yemeni citizens again as the practice of the houthi militias. i said today the response will be different. we work now in the coalition command, and the saudi armed forces to achieve the main goal which is to protect the saudi

citizen, and the yemeni citizen. that's why the saudi armed forces and the coalition command have carried out yesterday operations against places where the attacks against the saudi citizen started and the coalition and the saudi armed forces are also committed to the principle of the restoration of hope. they supported the popular committees to protect the yemeni citizens inside yemen. yesterday we targeted sa'dah area, and [ inaudible ] city and the [ inaudible ]. i told you yesterday, we have confirmed information that the ones who planned for these attacks, and the ones who have

done these attacks are in sa'dah, in baron city and sa'dah city. and part of them are in heger city and i told you that the operation started yesterday to target these two cities in particular, and to attack their locations, and you might ask -- you have seen this during the decisive storm, then let me remind you that these militias have command centers in schools, in hospitals within the civilians. that's why we have attacked these areas yesterday in order to put an end to their communication centers, command centers, and control centers. and this is from one hand. from the other hand the coalition forces have also carried out operation

[ inaudible ] city because you will see now through some videos, that's why it is natural for the coalition forces to continue their mission. also in order not to pave the way for the houthis or the pro-houthi forces to use them. operations in aden also have been done within supporting the popular committees and the pro-legitimate regime forces. it's also part of the restoration of hope and you remember that the last few days -- >> of the yemeni citizen. and the other citizens is equal

for us. the equation is different because they have attacked saudi isn't its and saudi cities. the coalition forces also carry out attacks on the borderline through the border guards and the ground forces and the national guard and the capabilities that our forces have to prevent these militias from moving on through the borders, because they want to escalate the scope of operation. why? [ inaudible ] command and the international community are now discussing the humanitarian and relief operations in yemen. at that time the houthis are trying to abort this thing through expanding the operations on the saudi border but they will receive the right answer for these questions, if you can

call them questions. they will receive the right punishment for these operations. again attacks against these groupings of houthi militias who are trying to practice bad things against the yemeni citizens. our yesterday operations i will show you now some of them in sa'dah and bah-ron. we have all of the command centers, equipment, the -- an armed vehicle in the [ inaudible ] and in the locations that have been taken by the houthis from the yemeni army as of today, we have determined through some issues and some warnings the yemeni

citizens in these centers, they have to distance themselves and to be away from these spots on the locations at 7:00 of this evening, people have to be away because at 7:00 the saudi armed forces and the coalition command will give the militias the right rely give the leaders of these militias the right re reply. they have to learn their lessons. this is a building that has been attacked by us because this building has been used against our citizens the sa'dah and bah-ron cities are now military spots for the houthis. that's why we will carry out threats against them. that's why we urge the yemeni

citizens to be away from these two areas. they have to leave these areas so as to be safe because we will attack these two spots in these two cities. and we are quite keen to help yemeni to help protect the lives of the yemenis. but now in these two cities we have no limits because these cities now are military cities loyal to the houthis, and they have to be stopped there. this is another command building targeted by the coalition forces yesterday. i told you this is one of the

vehicles on the saudi border and it has been targeted in order to prevent the war from moving near the saudi border. i would like to concern now that we work on two levels. we operate on the borders against those who attack and then in depth attacks in sa'dah city and bar-ron city we will continue our support to the popular committees nationwide in every part of yemen. this is one thing that has been used by the houthi militias. they have tried to restore it but they are also trying to receive some support from these planes but we have targeted them. the saudi armed forces and the

border forces are now doing their job in protecting the saudi citizens and preventing the houthi militias from expanding their operations. they have tried to infiltrate in to the borders, but we have attacked them and they have -- houthis have a strong desire to -- relief centers and to pave the way for the yemeni to get some assistance as the houthis have no political target. they have military targets. we know now we're about to have a ceasefire, humanitarian relief works will be there, but we want to abort all of the efforts of the